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		<title>CAA Records Become Mandatory in 2027 – Is Your DNS Ready?</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Claire Christmas]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2026 16:03:12 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>In May 2026, the CA/Browser Forum voted to make Certificate Authority Authorization (CAA) checking mandatory for publicly trusted Certificate Authorities from 2027. For many organisations this won&#8217;t require any action. However, for businesses using automated certificate management &#8211; particularly with Let&#8217;s Encrypt &#8211; it&#8217;s worth understanding what this change means before it catches anyone out. [&#8230;]<img src="https://analytics.dogsbody.com/piwik.php?idsite=1&amp;rec=1&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dogsbody.com%2Fblog%2Fcaa-records-become-mandatory-in-2027-is-your-dns-ready%2F%3Fpk_campaign%3Dfeed%26pk_kwd%3Dcaa-records-become-mandatory-in-2027-is-your-dns-ready&amp;action_name=CAA%20Records%20Become%20Mandatory%20in%202027%20%E2%80%93%20Is%20Your%20DNS%20Ready%3F&amp;urlref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dogsbody.com%2Ffeed%2F" style="border:0;width:0;height:0" width="0" height="0" alt="" /></p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In May 2026, the CA/Browser Forum voted to make Certificate Authority Authorization (CAA) checking mandatory for publicly trusted Certificate Authorities from 2027.</p>
<p>For many organisations this won&#8217;t require any action. However, for businesses using automated certificate management &#8211; particularly with Let&#8217;s Encrypt &#8211; it&#8217;s worth understanding what this change means before it catches anyone out.</p>
<h2 class="western">A Quick Refresher: What is a CAA Record?</h2>
<p>A CAA (Certificate Authority Authorization) DNS record tells Certificate Authorities (CAs) which organisations are permitted to issue TLS certificates for your domain.</p>
<p>For example:</p>
<pre class="western"><code class="western">example.com.    IN CAA 0 issue "letsencrypt.org"</code></pre>
<p>This tells Certificate Authorities that only Let&#8217;s Encrypt is authorised to issue certificates for <code class="western">example.com</code>.</p>
<p>If <strong>no CAA record exists</strong>, the current behaviour is effectively:</p>
<blockquote><p>&#8220;Any publicly trusted CA may issue a certificate.&#8221;</p></blockquote>
<p>That&#8217;s why many organisations have never needed to think about CAA records.</p>
<h2 class="western">What&#8217;s Changing?</h2>
<p>The CA/Browser Forum has voted to strengthen the use of CAA from 2027.</p>
<p>CAA checking already exists today, but the new requirements mean Certificate Authorities will be expected to rely on CAA records much more consistently as part of certificate issuance.</p>
<p>While this is a positive security improvement, it does introduce a few practical considerations.</p>
<h2 class="western">Potential Issue #1: Not Every DNS Provider Supports CAA</h2>
<p>Most modern DNS providers support CAA records, but not all do.</p>
<p>If your DNS platform cannot publish CAA records, you may find yourself limited as Certificate Authorities tighten their issuance processes over the coming years.</p>
<p>For organisations using older hosting providers or bundled DNS services, it&#8217;s worth checking support now rather than during an emergency certificate renewal.</p>
<h2 class="western">Potential Issue #2: CAA Records Can Accidentally Break Other Certificates</h2>
<p>This is the one that catches people out.</p>
<p>Suppose you add:</p>
<pre class="western"><code class="western">CAA 0 issue "letsencrypt.org"</code></pre>
<p>to support your Let&#8217;s Encrypt certificates.</p>
<p>That doesn&#8217;t simply &#8220;enable&#8221; Let&#8217;s Encrypt.</p>
<p>It also says <strong>only</strong> Let&#8217;s Encrypt is allowed to issue certificates for your domain.</p>
<p>If another team later requests a certificate from DigiCert, Sectigo, GlobalSign, or another public CA, issuance will fail.</p>
<p>This often happens in organisations where:</p>
<ul>
<li>Internal systems use Let&#8217;s Encrypt.</li>
<li>Microsoft 365 or other SaaS platforms obtain certificates through another CA.</li>
<li>External suppliers manage certificates independently.</li>
<li>Different departments purchase certificates from different providers.</li>
</ul>
<p>Without coordination, a well-intentioned CAA record can become an unexpected roadblock.</p>
<h2 class="western">Similar to SPF</h2>
<p>CAA records have a lot in common with SPF records for email.</p>
<p>No SPF record generally means:</p>
<blockquote><p>&#8220;No restrictions.&#8221;</p></blockquote>
<p>Adding an SPF record suddenly defines who is allowed to send mail.</p>
<p>CAA works in much the same way.</p>
<p>No CAA record means:</p>
<blockquote><p>&#8220;Any trusted Certificate Authority may issue a certificate.&#8221;</p></blockquote>
<p>Once you add one, you&#8217;re explicitly defining who can.</p>
<h2 class="western">What Should You Do?</h2>
<p>There&#8217;s no need to panic, but this is a good opportunity to review your certificate management.</p>
<p>Ask yourself:</p>
<ul>
<li>Which Certificate Authorities do we currently use?</li>
<li>Do all of our domains use the same CA?</li>
<li>Does our DNS provider support CAA records?</li>
<li>Are certificates requested by different teams or third-party suppliers?</li>
</ul>
<p>Understanding the answers now will make any future transition considerably smoother.</p>
<h2 class="western">Our Advice</h2>
<p>For many small and medium-sized businesses, certificate management has become almost invisible thanks to automation.</p>
<p>That&#8217;s a good thing &#8211; until a small DNS change unexpectedly prevents a certificate from renewing.</p>
<p>Before adding CAA records, make sure you have a complete picture of every service that requests certificates for your domains. A single restrictive CAA record can have wider consequences than many people realise.</p>
<p>If you&#8217;re unsure how your domains are currently managed, now is a good time for a review. It&#8217;s much easier to make these changes on your own schedule than during an expired certificate incident.</p>
<p>For anyone wanting a refresher on CAA records, <a href="https://letsencrypt.org/2023/09/07/caa23">Let&#8217;s Encrypt has an excellent overview.</a></p>
<h2>Need Help</h2>
<p>Not sure how to navigate this change? <a href="https://www.dogsbody.com/contact/">Contact us</a></p>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Claire Christmas]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 10:14:44 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>The Best Business Tools for UK SMEs It&#8217;s that time of year when suppliers, landlords and even hiring costs all increase in price&#8230;and businesses start reviewing their outgoings. Dogsbody Technology has been incorporated for over 16 years, and we&#8217;re often asked which suppliers we use to run our business efficiently. Over the years, we’ve discovered [&#8230;]<img src="https://analytics.dogsbody.com/piwik.php?idsite=1&amp;rec=1&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dogsbody.com%2Fblog%2Four-trusted-suppliers-after-15-years%2F%3Fpk_campaign%3Dfeed%26pk_kwd%3Dour-trusted-suppliers-after-15-years&amp;action_name=Our%20Trusted%20Suppliers%20after%2015%2B%20Years&amp;urlref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dogsbody.com%2Ffeed%2F" style="border:0;width:0;height:0" width="0" height="0" alt="" /></p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h2 data-start="147" data-end="223">The Best Business Tools for UK SMEs</h2>
<p>It&#8217;s that time of year when suppliers, landlords and even hiring costs all increase in price&#8230;and businesses start reviewing their outgoings.</p>
<p>Dogsbody Technology has been incorporated for over 16 years, and we&#8217;re often asked which suppliers we use to run our business efficiently.</p>
<p>Over the years, we’ve discovered some fantastic small and large businesses that have genuinely helped our business grow. So, we thought we’d share a few of the gems we’ve found along the way.</p>
<p><img fetchpriority="high" decoding="async" class="alignright wp-image-137298 size-featured" title="Save money on your Infrastructure and more!" src="https://www.dogsbody.com/wp-content/uploads/piggy-bank-2889042_12801-1280x430.jpg" alt="" width="1280" height="430" /></p>
<h2>FreeAgent</h2>
<p>You may have heard of Xero or QuickBooks but in our opinion FreeAgent comes out on top.</p>
<p>While all three platforms will manage your business finances, FreeAgent has a major advantage for UK businesses. It’s based in Edinburgh, Scotland, which means UK-specific financial and government changes are implemented quickly. Plus, their support team is UK-based and consistently delivers excellent customer service.</p>
<p>Simply put, accounting software is one of the most important tools all companies needed from day one.  We&#8217;ve been using FreeAgent for over 15 years and can&#8217;t recommend them highly enough.</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://fre.ag/3flvybs4">Affiliate link to FreeAgent that gives you 10% off your subscription<strong> for life</strong></a><br />
(we get 10% off our subscription too)</li>
<li><a href="https://www.freeagent.com/">Non-Affiliate link to FreeAgent</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.freeagent.com/pricing/free-accounting-software/">Get FreeAgent for Free with eligible business bank accounts.</a></li>
</ul>
<h2 style="text-align: left;">Wise Bank Account</h2>
<p><strong>160+ countries, 40 currencies, one account</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;">If you do transactions in a currency other than GBP, then Wise will save you time and money.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">We use multiple Wise currency accounts to support our international customers and suppliers. By holding funds in multiple currencies we avoid unnecessary exchange rate losses and fees.  When we do need to convert funds, the fees are transparent and competitive.</p>
<p>In fact, the ease of paying in other currencies has sometimes made it cheaper for us to pay suppliers in currency other than GBP.</p>
<p>For any business working internationally, Wise is a game changer.</p>
<ul>
<li style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://wise.com/invite/u/danb137">Affiliate link to Wise that gives you a fee-free transfer up to £500</a><br />
(we get up to £75 when 3 referees make their first transfer of &gt;£200).</li>
<li><a href="https://wise.com/gb/business/">Non-Affiliate link to Wise</a></li>
</ul>
<h2>Gocardless</h2>
<p>10 years ago we needed to invoice, over 100 customers, a small monthly subscription fee. Relying on manual BACS payments created unnecessary admin when invoices went unpaid.</p>
<p>GoCardless solved that problem.</p>
<p>GoCardless allowed us to collect payments via Direct Debit and integrates with FreeAgent &#8211; meaning invoices are automatically reconciled. No chasing. No manual matching of payments. No wasted admin time.</p>
<p>It was incredibly easy to set up, works for multiple currencies, and has saved us both time and money year after year.</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://manage.gocardless.com/refer/gb/dogsbody/h4yjvl">Affiliate link to GoCardless that gives you £100 once you&#8217;ve collected £500 in payments</a><br />
(we also get £100 once you&#8217;ve collected £500 in payments)</li>
<li><a href="https://gocardless.com/">Non-Affiliate link to GoCardless</a></li>
</ul>
<p><img decoding="async" class="alignright wp-image-137869 size-featured" title="Save money on your Infrastructure and more!" src="https://www.dogsbody.com/wp-content/uploads/success-2081167_12801-1280x430.png" alt="" width="1280" height="430" /></p>
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<h2>VivoHR</h2>
<p>Whilst we use a lot of software and digital services, we can’t overlook the true value of real people especially the HR Professionals at VivoHR.</p>
<p>As a small business without an in-house HR department, VivoHR is our trusted HR partner. From writing employees contracts, to supporting HR duties, policies, and navigating new Government Acts, they’ve guided us every step of the way.</p>
<p>We’ve also had the pleasure of watching this dedicated small business grow over the years &#8211; something that’s always lovely to see.</p>
<p>If you need HR support, calling VivoHR might just be one of the best decisions you make.</p>
<p><a href="https://vivohr.co.uk/">Non-Affiliate link to VivoHR</a></p>
<h2>BreatheHR</h2>
<p>When small businesses begin hiring staff, the admin quickly adds up. Like many others, we managed holiday and sickness tracking on a spreadsheet for several years. It worked &#8211; until it was time to level up.  That’s when we moved to BreatheHR.</p>
<p>BreatheHR not only simplifies our holiday management, sickness and absence tracking, but also allows us to securely store employee records and documents in the cloud &#8211; all fully GDPR-compliant.</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://hr.breathehr.com/signup?referred_by_code=ehdp-7XN">Affiliate link to BreatheHR and get 15% off for 6 months</a><br />
(we get nothing)</li>
<li><a href="https://www.breathehr.com/">Non-Affiliate link to BreatheHR</a></li>
</ul>
<h2>Federation of Small Businesses (FSB)</h2>
<p>The FSB legal library is worth the membership fee alone. They also influence changes in government for small businesses. Dogsbody have been a member for over 14 years.</p>
<p>Benefits included in your membership are:</p>
<ul>
<li>24/7 legal advice line</li>
<li>Online legal library including 1,500+ documents and templates like contracts, guides, letters, policies etc</li>
<li>Legal expenses insurance</li>
<li>insurance policies like tax investigation protection and employment tribunal insurance up to £100,000 per claim</li>
<li>Plus much more</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.fsb.org.uk/">Non-Affiliate link to The Federation of Small Businesses</a></li>
</ul>
<h2>Tresorit</h2>
<p>For secure file sharing, we use Tresorit &#8211; a highly secure alternative to Dropbox. Fully end-to-end encrypted and protected by Swiss privacy laws (among the strongest in the world), Tresorit enables safe collaborative working both internally and externally.</p>
<p>The ease of secure file sharing to anywhere in the world in seconds.</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://tresorit.com/">Non-Affiliate link to Tresorit</a></li>
</ul>
<h2>Slack</h2>
<p data-start="1440" data-end="1495">As non-Microsoft users, Slack is our communication hub. We use it internally, with customers, and suppliers. The ability to have shared but separated channels with external parties in the same tool that we use for staff has been a game changer… and yes, the <em>/giphy</em> game is strong with this one.</p>
<p data-start="1609" data-end="1685">No matter where in the world our team works, Slack keeps everyone connected.</p>
<p><em>* no gifs were harmed in the writing of this blog post.</em></p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://slack.com/intl/en-gb/">Non-Affiliate link to Slack</a></li>
</ul>
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<p>Dogsbody Technology is vendor agnostic, we work with all providers.  We will always recommend the best location for our customers infrastructure. Here is just a handful of providers we use in our business.</p>
<h2>Netdata</h2>
<p>It&#8217;s not hyperbole to to say we have and continue to use <strong>a lot</strong> of monitoring solutions but honestly, Netdata has changed the game! We are a power use of their monitoring now and work closely with them to improve the product for everyone. The amount of data you get out of a single client is amazing (200+ graphs of historic data to the second resolution by default) and their plugin architecture means we have never been left wondering what was going on in some infrastructure.</p>
<p>We are now utilising their Kubernetes offering which offers so much visibility of what can be a very complex solution.</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://dogsbody.link/netdata">Affiliate link to Netdata and get a 10% discount for the first 12 months</a><br />
(we get 10% of you subscription)</li>
<li><a href="https://www.netdata.cloud/">Non-Affiliate link to Netdata</a></li>
</ul>
<h2>Linode (Akamai Cloud)</h2>
<p>We recommend Linode (now Akamai Cloud) to customers who are starting out or have limited stats on what their applications etc need resources and infrastructure wise. Linode is low cost and can easily adjust infrastructure size as demand grows or resources balloon.</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://dogsbody.link/linode">Affiliate link to Linode and get $100 credit for 60 days</a><br />
(we get a $25 credit)</li>
<li><a href="https://www.linode.com/">Non-Affiliate link to Linode</a></li>
</ul>
<h2>Digital Ocean</h2>
<p>Digital Ocean are similar to Linode and great if companies want to <span class="ILfuVd NA6bn" lang="en"><span class="hgKElc">distribute </span></span>infrastructure across providers.</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://dogsbody.link/docean">Affiliate link to Digital Ocean and get $200 credit for 60 days</a><br />
(we get a $25 credit)</li>
<li><a href="https://www.digitalocean.com/">Non-Affiliate link to Digital Ocean</a></li>
</ul>
<h2>Backblaze</h2>
<p>Backblaze are a cheaper alternative for storage to AWS, quite simply it saves us a huge amount of money.  S3 compatible and a 1/5 the cost of AWS S3 with free egress up to 3x the average monthly data stored, Backblaze reduced ours and our customers backup costs significantly. Its usually one of the first changes we recommend when customers are looking to save money.</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.backblaze.com/">Non-Affiliate link to BackBlaze</a></li>
</ul>
<h2>ClouDNS</h2>
<p>ClouDNS has been a recent supplier to Dogsbody but we are already impressed by their service. Rock solid DNS (you can be sure we have been monitoring them) and a growing offering of services each year. ClouDNS are the epitome of the linux philosophy, do one thing very well.</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.cloudns.net/aff/id/841131/">Affiliate link to ClouDNS<br />
</a>(we get 15% credit of anything you buy)</li>
<li><a href="https://www.cloudns.net">Non-Affiliate link to CloudDNS</a></li>
</ul>
<p>Of course their are a lot of options for your business and your needs with vary but we hope this helps you see what a small business uses day to day.</p>
<p>If you want to talk to us about anything we have mentioned in this blog post or want Linux or Cloud infrastructure support <a href="https://www.dogsbody.com/contact/">get in contact</a>.</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>From 31 Jul 2026 Amazon Web Services (AWS) will automatically start charging anyone using RDS MySQL 8.0 Community Edition for &#8220;Extended Support&#8221;. Your monthly database costs could increase significantly (in many cases close to double).</strong></p>
<h2>TL;DR</h2>
<ul>
<li>MySQL 8.0 goes End of Life (EOL) In April 2026</li>
<li>From 31 Jul 2026 AWS will start charging extra for &#8220;Extended Support&#8221;</li>
<li>There are options, you don&#8217;t have to upgrade to MYSQL 8.4</li>
</ul>
<h2>What Happens When AWS RDS MySQL 8.0 Reaches End of Life?</h2>
<ul>
<li>AWS automatically enrols your RDS MySQL 8.0 instance into Extended Support</li>
<li>Additional charges are added to your monthly AWS bill</li>
<li>Security updates continue for up to 3 more years</li>
<li>No automatic optimisation or performance improvements</li>
</ul>
<p>This is primarily a commercial decision by AWS, not a technical upgrade.</p>
<h2>Your Options</h2>
<h3>Option 1: Do Nothing and Pay for Extended Support</h3>
<p>This is the default outcome if no action is taken and there is nothing wrong with it. AWS will automatically upgrade your instance to Extended Support.</p>
<p><strong>Pros</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>No work required</li>
<li>Continued security patches</li>
<li>Supported until approximately July 2029</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Cons</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Higher monthly costs</li>
<li>No technical benefit</li>
<li>Unnecessary operational spend</li>
</ul>
<p>For cost-conscious businesses, this is rarely the best long-term choice.</p>
<h3>Option 2: Upgrade to MySQL Community 8.4</h3>
<p>Move to MySQL Community 8.4, which is supported until <strong>31 July 2029.</strong></p>
<p><strong>Pros</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Avoid Extended Support charges</li>
<li>Remain on community MySQL</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Cons</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Requires application compatibility testing</li>
<li>Potential query or driver differences</li>
<li>Requires Developer time and regression testing</li>
</ul>
<h3>Option 3: Move to Aurora MySQL 8.0 (Best of both worlds)</h3>
<p>For most organisations, the most cost-effective and lowest-risk option is to migrate to <strong>Amazon Aurora MySQL 8.0. </strong></p>
<p>Aurora is AWS’s MySQL-compatible database engine. It is fully compatible with MySQL 8.0, and for most applications behaves identically.</p>
<p><strong>Aurora MySQL 8.0 is supported until 30 April 2028, without Extended Support charges.</strong></p>
<p>Why this is attractive:</p>
<ul>
<li>100% MySQL 8.0 compatible</li>
<li>Avoids 2026 Extended Support price increases</li>
<li>Often improved performance and storage resilience</li>
<li>Potential for zero-downtime migration (dependant on data etc)</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Warning:</strong> MySQL community reserved instances are <strong>not</strong> compatible with Aurora MySQL reserved instances. You will have to calculate if this is worthwhile for you as there maybe options to transfer your reservations.</p>
<h2>Why SMEs Should Plan Now</h2>
<ul>
<li>Avoid sudden AWS bill increases in 2026</li>
<li>Schedule migration during low-risk periods</li>
<li>Controlled testing window</li>
<li>Maintain predictable cloud operating costs</li>
<li>Avoid rushed engineering decisions</li>
</ul>
<p>Leaving this until mid-2026 could result in rushed decisions, increased costs, or unnecessary operational risk.</p>
<h2>Summary: Best Path for AWS RDS MySQL Users</h2>
<table>
<thead>
<tr>
<th>Option</th>
<th>Cost Impact</th>
<th>Risk</th>
<th>Recommendation</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>Do nothing</td>
<td>Higher</td>
<td>None</td>
<td>Expensive long term</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Upgrade to 8.4</td>
<td>Neutral</td>
<td>Moderate testing required</td>
<td>Viable</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Move to Aurora 8.0</td>
<td>Neutral</td>
<td>Very low</td>
<td><strong>Recommended</strong></td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<h2>Need Help With an AWS RDS to Aurora Migration?</h2>
<p>We are a UK-based Linux and AWS consultancy specialising in:</p>
<ul>
<li>AWS RDS optimisation</li>
<li>Aurora MySQL migrations</li>
<li>Zero-downtime database cutovers</li>
<li>Cost reduction and cloud optimisation for SMEs</li>
</ul>
<p>If you would like a review of your current AWS RDS MySQL estate and projected 2026 cost exposure, <a href="https://www.dogsbody.com/contact/">contact us.</a></p>
<h2>Frequently Asked Questions</h2>
<p><strong>Will AWS automatically upgrade my RDS MySQL 8.0 instance?<br />
</strong>Yes. After 31 July 2026, AWS will automatically enrol your instance into Extended Support unless you migrate or upgrade beforehand.</p>
<p><strong>Is Aurora MySQL fully compatible with MySQL 8.0?</strong><br />
Yes. Aurora MySQL 8.0 is designed to be fully compatible with MySQL 8.0 Community Edition.</p>
<p><strong>Can the migration be done with zero downtime?</strong><br />
In most cases, yes. Using replication and controlled cutover techniques, downtime can be reduced to seconds or avoided entirely.</p>
<p><strong>How long does an RDS to Aurora migration take?</strong><br />
Typically a few days including testing, depending on database size and complexity.</p>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Dec 2025 16:44:02 +0000</pubDate>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<section  class='av_textblock_section av-m4bht8ar-6639d6dddd766f74924edce9c1186be9 '   itemscope="itemscope" itemtype="https://schema.org/BlogPosting" itemprop="blogPost" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop="text" ><p data-start="36" data-end="125">Each year, Dogsbody Technology donates a portion of our profits to support worthy causes.</p>
<p data-start="127" data-end="275">For the past five years, we’ve invited our team to choose the charities that matter most to them, and we’re proud to champion their selected causes.</p>
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<section class="avia-testimonial-row"><div class='avia-testimonial av-kwnoix4m-6199a345b6a98e01445d20b6f4eff2b9 avia-testimonial-row-1 avia-first-testimonial flex_column no_margin av_one_full'><div class='avia-testimonial_inner'  itemscope="itemscope" itemtype="https://schema.org/BlogPosting" itemprop="blogPost" ><div class='avia-testimonial-image'  itemprop="image" ><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="180" height="180" src="https://www.dogsbody.com/wp-content/uploads/Mark-180x180.jpeg" class="attachment-square size-square" alt="" srcset="https://www.dogsbody.com/wp-content/uploads/Mark-180x180.jpeg 180w, https://www.dogsbody.com/wp-content/uploads/Mark-300x300.jpeg 300w, https://www.dogsbody.com/wp-content/uploads/Mark-80x80.jpeg 80w, https://www.dogsbody.com/wp-content/uploads/Mark-36x36.jpeg 36w, https://www.dogsbody.com/wp-content/uploads/Mark.jpeg 512w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 180px) 100vw, 180px" /></div><div class='avia-testimonial-content '><div class='avia-testimonial-markup-entry-content'  itemprop="text" ><p><strong>Mark</strong> <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignright wp-image-164561 size-full" title="The Starburst Foundation Logo" src="https://www.dogsbody.com/wp-content/uploads/Vine-Centre-logo-1.avif" alt="" width="170" height="107" /></p>
<p>The Vine Centre is a service that supports the most vulnerable and disadvantaged members of the Rushmoor community. They provide training and development opportunities, addiction support, mental health and anger management, budgeting and benefit support, counselling, support with homelessness and housing sustainment.<br />
They run social groups to help combat social isolation and provide opportunities for their beneficiaries to learn, grow and feel empowered to make positive changes.</p>
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<p>Josh chose World Central Kitchen back in 2023, and is choosing them again this year for the same reasons. They just get it done and do great work without need for fanfare or glory.</p>
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<p>2025 and I know of more people who have been supported by Phyllis Tuckwell ths year. There work is always required no matter what the year.</p>
<p>Phyllis Tuckwell is the only Hospice Care service for adult patients, and their families, living with cancer or another terminal illness (such as heart, lung or neurological disease) across the whole of West Surrey and part of North East Hampshire.</p>
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<p>Choosing Cats Protection feels like a small but meaningful way to support work that genuinely makes the world a little kinder.<br />
They help thousands of cats every year through rescue, rehoming, neutering, and education. Their impact reaches far beyond the animals themselves, supporting the people and communities who love them. Cats Protection have been going for almost 100 years to give cats a well deserved voice.</p>
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<p><strong>WISHING EVERYONE A HAPPY WINTER, CHRISTMAS, HANUKKAH, KWANZAA AND A GREAT 2026</strong></p>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>2025 has brought many exciting changes for Dogsbody Technology.  To celebrate the season and recharge, our office will be closed for the festive period. Our Christmas 2025 hours are: Friday 12 Dec 2025 – Limited cover. Wed 24 Dec 2025 – Office closed after 13:00. Thurs 25 Dec 2025 – Public Holiday. Fri 26 Dec [&#8230;]<img src="https://analytics.dogsbody.com/piwik.php?idsite=1&amp;rec=1&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dogsbody.com%2Fblog%2Fwrapping-up-2025-our-christmas-hours%2F%3Fpk_campaign%3Dfeed%26pk_kwd%3Dwrapping-up-2025-our-christmas-hours&amp;action_name=Wrapping%20Up%202025%3A%20Our%20Christmas%20Hours&amp;urlref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dogsbody.com%2Ffeed%2F" style="border:0;width:0;height:0" width="0" height="0" alt="" /></p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>2025 has brought many exciting changes for Dogsbody Technology.  To celebrate the season and recharge, our office will be closed for the festive period.</p>
<h3>Our Christmas 2025 hours are:</h3>
<ul>
<li>Friday 12 Dec 2025 – Limited cover.</li>
<li>Wed 24 Dec 2025 – Office closed after 13:00.</li>
<li>Thurs 25 Dec 2025 – Public Holiday.</li>
<li>Fri 26 Dec 2025 – Public Holiday.</li>
<li>Mon 29 Dec 2025 – Office Closed.</li>
<li>Tues 30 Dec 2025 – Office Closed.</li>
<li>Wed 31 Dec 2025 – Office Closed.</li>
<li>Thurs 01 Jan 2026 – Public Holiday.</li>
<li>Fri 02 Jan 2026 – Limited cover.</li>
</ul>
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<p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignleft wp-image-21057 size-thumbnail" title="Support" src="https://www.dogsbody.com/wp-content/uploads/call-3613071_640-80x80.png" alt="Person on phone via headset" width="80" height="80" srcset="https://www.dogsbody.com/wp-content/uploads/call-3613071_640-80x80.png 80w, https://www.dogsbody.com/wp-content/uploads/call-3613071_640-300x300.png 300w, https://www.dogsbody.com/wp-content/uploads/call-3613071_640-36x36.png 36w, https://www.dogsbody.com/wp-content/uploads/call-3613071_640-180x180.png 180w, https://www.dogsbody.com/wp-content/uploads/call-3613071_640.png 640w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 80px) 100vw, 80px" /></p>
<h3>Support</h3>
<p>While our team takes a short break, replies to emails might take a little longer than usual. We’ll still be available for emergencies, focusing on critical issues like websites or servers being down, or situations where you’re unable to trade online.</p>
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<p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignleft wp-image-25296 size-thumbnail" title="Emergency issue" src="https://www.dogsbody.com/wp-content/uploads/survival-3580200_640-80x80.png" alt="Life saver ring" width="80" height="80" srcset="https://www.dogsbody.com/wp-content/uploads/survival-3580200_640-80x80.png 80w, https://www.dogsbody.com/wp-content/uploads/survival-3580200_640-300x300.png 300w, https://www.dogsbody.com/wp-content/uploads/survival-3580200_640-36x36.png 36w, https://www.dogsbody.com/wp-content/uploads/survival-3580200_640-180x180.png 180w, https://www.dogsbody.com/wp-content/uploads/survival-3580200_640.png 640w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 80px) 100vw, 80px" /></p>
<h3>Emergency issue</h3>
<p><a href="https://www.dogsbody.com/contact/">Contact us</a> as normal. All calls and support emails will be routed to our on call engineer who will prioritise work as required.</p>
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<p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignleft wp-image-25297 size-thumbnail" title="Maintenance customers" src="https://www.dogsbody.com/wp-content/uploads/call-center-3594408_640-80x80.png" alt="Women with headset and thumbs up" width="80" height="80" srcset="https://www.dogsbody.com/wp-content/uploads/call-center-3594408_640-80x80.png 80w, https://www.dogsbody.com/wp-content/uploads/call-center-3594408_640-300x300.png 300w, https://www.dogsbody.com/wp-content/uploads/call-center-3594408_640-36x36.png 36w, https://www.dogsbody.com/wp-content/uploads/call-center-3594408_640-180x180.png 180w, https://www.dogsbody.com/wp-content/uploads/call-center-3594408_640.png 640w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 80px) 100vw, 80px" /></p>
<h3>Maintenance customers</h3>
<p>Customers on our <a href="https://www.dogsbody.com/in-life-support/server-management-and-monitoring/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">maintenance plans</a> won’t notice any disruption — all systems and infrastructure will continue to be patched, maintained, and monitored as normal.</p>
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<p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignleft wp-image-25298 size-thumbnail" title="Hosting issues" src="https://www.dogsbody.com/wp-content/uploads/domain-3655918_640-80x80.png" alt="" width="80" height="80" srcset="https://www.dogsbody.com/wp-content/uploads/domain-3655918_640-80x80.png 80w, https://www.dogsbody.com/wp-content/uploads/domain-3655918_640-300x300.png 300w, https://www.dogsbody.com/wp-content/uploads/domain-3655918_640-36x36.png 36w, https://www.dogsbody.com/wp-content/uploads/domain-3655918_640-180x180.png 180w, https://www.dogsbody.com/wp-content/uploads/domain-3655918_640.png 640w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 80px) 100vw, 80px" /></p>
<h3>Hosting issues</h3>
<p>Our <a href="https://status.dogsbody.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">status page</a> will advise of any known internal and hosting server issues. Please do check this page before raising any tickets as the chances are we are already aware.</p>
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<p><strong>We’ll be back on Monday, 5 January 2026 — refreshed and ready for 2026!</strong></p>
<h2>Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from all of us at Dogsbody Technology!</h2>
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		<title>PHP 8.1 will go end of life &#8211; 31 Dec 2025</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Claire Christmas]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2025 10:34:41 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>PHP 8.1 End of Life – Act Now PHP 8.1 goes end of life on the 31 December 2025. After this date, known security flaws will no longer be fixed, leaving your sites exposed to significant security vulnerabilities. It is important to update to a newer version of PHP. We recommend upgrading to one of [&#8230;]<img src="https://analytics.dogsbody.com/piwik.php?idsite=1&amp;rec=1&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dogsbody.com%2Fblog%2Fphp-8-1-will-go-end-of-life-31-dec-2025%2F%3Fpk_campaign%3Dfeed%26pk_kwd%3Dphp-8-1-will-go-end-of-life-31-dec-2025&amp;action_name=PHP%208.1%20will%20go%20end%20of%20life%20%26%238211%3B%2031%20Dec%202025&amp;urlref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dogsbody.com%2Ffeed%2F" style="border:0;width:0;height:0" width="0" height="0" alt="" /></p>
<p>The post <a href="https://www.dogsbody.com/blog/php-8-1-will-go-end-of-life-31-dec-2025/?pk_campaign=feed&#038;pk_kwd=php-8-1-will-go-end-of-life-31-dec-2025">PHP 8.1 will go end of life &#8211; 31 Dec 2025</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.dogsbody.com">Dogsbody Technology</a>.</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p data-start="108" data-end="141"><strong data-start="108" data-end="141">PHP 8.1 End of Life – Act Now</strong></p>
<p><a href="https://www.php.net/supported-versions.php">PHP 8.1 goes end of life on the <strong>31 December 2025</strong></a>. After this date, known security flaws will no longer be fixed, leaving your sites exposed to significant security vulnerabilities.</p>
<p data-start="328" data-end="597">It is important to update to a newer version of PHP. We recommend upgrading to one of the latest supported versions — all of which include new features and backward-incompatible changes that <strong data-start="519" data-end="550">should be thoroughly tested</strong> before deployment in a production environment.</p>
<p>You may need to ask your developers to update your codebase, verify plugin compatibility, and ensure your applications are supported on newer PHP versions.</p>
<p data-start="756" data-end="783"><strong data-start="756" data-end="783">Supported PHP Versions:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.php.net/manual/en/migration82.php"><strong>PHP 8.2: Supported until 31 December 2026 </strong></a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.php.net/manual/en/migration83.php"><strong>PHP 8.3: Supported until 31 December 2027</strong></a></li>
<li><strong><a href="https://www.php.net/manual/en/migration84.php">PHP 8.4: Supported until 31 December 2028</a></strong>  (<em data-start="936" data-end="1029">Note: PHP 8.4 is still in <a href="https://make.wordpress.org/core/handbook/references/php-compatibility-and-wordpress-versions/">Beta Support</a> for WordPress and may not be fully compatible yet.)</em></li>
</ul>
<p>Want to find out <span data-offset-key="a6uh3-0-0">what your options are and what actions you need to take to stay secure. We can help just</span></p>
<p data-start="1031" data-end="1259"><strong data-start="1031" data-end="1083">Not sure which PHP version your server is using?</strong><br data-start="1083" data-end="1086" />It might be time for a <a href="https://www.dogsbody.com/linux-managed-services/server-audit/">Server Audit</a> to get a complete view of your infrastructure. We provide a <strong data-start="1186" data-end="1210">traffic light report</strong> that highlights the good, the bad, and the ugly.</p>
<p data-start="1261" data-end="1375">Want to know your options and what actions you need to take to stay secure?<br data-start="1336" data-end="1339" /><strong data-start="1339" data-end="1375">We can help – just <a href="https://www.dogsbody.com/contact/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">get in touch.</a></strong></p>
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		<title>Army Leadership Challenge Day 2025</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Claire Christmas]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Apr 2025 09:06:11 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>On a beautiful day in March 2025 the Dogsbody team left their desks for an Army Leadership Challenge Day, made possible by our Armed Forces Covenant. Based at Longmoor Training Camp, we took part in a number of mental and physical military tasks facilitated by soldiers, from various corps within the army, including the army [&#8230;]<img src="https://analytics.dogsbody.com/piwik.php?idsite=1&amp;rec=1&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dogsbody.com%2Fblog%2Farmy-leadership-challenge-day-2025%2F%3Fpk_campaign%3Dfeed%26pk_kwd%3Darmy-leadership-challenge-day-2025&amp;action_name=Army%20Leadership%20Challenge%20Day%202025&amp;urlref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dogsbody.com%2Ffeed%2F" style="border:0;width:0;height:0" width="0" height="0" alt="" /></p>
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<p>On a beautiful day in March 2025 the Dogsbody team left their desks for an Army Leadership Challenge Day, made possible by <a href="/wp-content/uploads/Armed-Forces-Covenant-Dogsbody-Technology.pdf">our Armed Forces Covenant</a>.</p>
<p>Based at Longmoor Training Camp, we took part in a number of mental and physical military tasks facilitated by soldiers, from various corps within the army, including the army reserves. We learnt about the wide range of army roles and career opportunities the army offers including what is involved in being an army reserve.</p>
<p>Our day started with foraging &#8211; being shown what is useful and edible in the forest &#8211; pine needles and gorse flowers are an interesting flavour.</p>
<p>Then we moved to camouflage and concealment &#8211; and yes this did involve camo&#8217; cream. It was incredible how hard it was a spot trained and untrained (us) professional who were hiding in plan sight. You can cover yourself in bracken for extra &#8216;hiding&#8217; points and even put it inside your clothes for warmth&#8230;..but be warned you will find it everywhere when you finally get changed!</p>
<p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="wp-image-154267 size-medium aligncenter" src="https://www.dogsbody.com/wp-content/uploads/Observation-300x242.jpg" alt="Army Leadership Challenge Day 2025" width="300" height="242" srcset="https://www.dogsbody.com/wp-content/uploads/Observation-300x242.jpg 300w, https://www.dogsbody.com/wp-content/uploads/Observation-1030x830.jpg 1030w, https://www.dogsbody.com/wp-content/uploads/Observation-768x619.jpg 768w, https://www.dogsbody.com/wp-content/uploads/Observation-495x400.jpg 495w, https://www.dogsbody.com/wp-content/uploads/Observation-845x684.jpg 845w, https://www.dogsbody.com/wp-content/uploads/Observation-705x568.jpg 705w, https://www.dogsbody.com/wp-content/uploads/Observation.jpg 1484w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></p>
<p>Observation was next, searching out 10 items, in a hide, from a distance with binoculars &#8211; we all missed the army reservist in the ghillie suit!</p>
<p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignleft wp-image-154309 size-medium" src="https://www.dogsbody.com/wp-content/uploads/Royal-Army-Physical-Training-Corps1-291x300.jpg" alt="Army Leadership Challenge Day 2025" width="291" height="300" srcset="https://www.dogsbody.com/wp-content/uploads/Royal-Army-Physical-Training-Corps1-291x300.jpg 291w, https://www.dogsbody.com/wp-content/uploads/Royal-Army-Physical-Training-Corps1-768x791.jpg 768w, https://www.dogsbody.com/wp-content/uploads/Royal-Army-Physical-Training-Corps1-36x36.jpg 36w, https://www.dogsbody.com/wp-content/uploads/Royal-Army-Physical-Training-Corps1-685x705.jpg 685w, https://www.dogsbody.com/wp-content/uploads/Royal-Army-Physical-Training-Corps1.jpg 986w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 291px) 100vw, 291px" />To finish the morning with my personal favourite &#8211; Royal Army Physical Training Corps, learning some of the physical tests recruits need to pass.</p>
<p>Lunch was actual army operational rations which were actually pretty nice! The heating method was interesting as <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgaJa9-f_QQ">army rations no longer requires an open fire</a>.</p>
<p>Our afternoon kicked off with casualty evacuation. Learning about life in the medical corp and then learning how to apply a tourniquet correctly before having a head to head speed round.</p>
<p>Next was infantry, learning about life on the front line and tactical manoeuvre before giving it a go ourselves with paint balling and wooden targets.</p>
<p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="wp-image-154269 size-medium alignright" src="https://www.dogsbody.com/wp-content/uploads/Vehicle-recovery-271x300.jpg" alt="Army Leadership Challenge Day 2025" width="271" height="300" srcset="https://www.dogsbody.com/wp-content/uploads/Vehicle-recovery-271x300.jpg 271w, https://www.dogsbody.com/wp-content/uploads/Vehicle-recovery-929x1030.jpg 929w, https://www.dogsbody.com/wp-content/uploads/Vehicle-recovery-768x851.jpg 768w, https://www.dogsbody.com/wp-content/uploads/Vehicle-recovery-636x705.jpg 636w, https://www.dogsbody.com/wp-content/uploads/Vehicle-recovery.jpg 1299w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 271px) 100vw, 271px" /></p>
<p>Finally we learnt from the Army Air Corps and vehicle recovery, testing our communication skills and team work.</p>
<p>It was certainly a different day from sitting at a desk for 7 hours and it was lovely to get some vitamin D and meet fellow companies.</p>
<p>We highly suggest everyone <a href="https://www.army.mod.uk/army-careers/the-army-reserve/">find out more about joining the reserves</a> and encourage the company to <a href="https://www.armedforcescovenant.gov.uk/">sign the Armed Forces Covenant</a> as we have.</p>
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		<title>Dogsbody Technology recognised for payment excellence</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Claire Christmas]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Feb 2025 11:12:11 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Dogsbody Technology are proud to be leading the way as one of the first 100 companies in the UK to achieve the Fair Payment Code Silver Award for the high standard of our payment practices. Fair Payment Code Silver Award The Silver Award is awarded to those paying at least 95% of all invoices within [&#8230;]<img src="https://analytics.dogsbody.com/piwik.php?idsite=1&amp;rec=1&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dogsbody.com%2Fblog%2Fdogsbody-technology-recognised-for-payment-excellence%2F%3Fpk_campaign%3Dfeed%26pk_kwd%3Ddogsbody-technology-recognised-for-payment-excellence&amp;action_name=Dogsbody%20Technology%20recognised%20for%20payment%20excellence&amp;urlref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dogsbody.com%2Ffeed%2F" style="border:0;width:0;height:0" width="0" height="0" alt="" /></p>
<p>The post <a href="https://www.dogsbody.com/blog/dogsbody-technology-recognised-for-payment-excellence/?pk_campaign=feed&#038;pk_kwd=dogsbody-technology-recognised-for-payment-excellence">Dogsbody Technology recognised for payment excellence</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.dogsbody.com">Dogsbody Technology</a>.</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Dogsbody Technology are proud to be leading the way as one of the first 100 companies in the UK to achieve the Fair Payment Code Silver Award for the high standard of our payment practices.</strong></p>
<h2>Fair Payment Code Silver Award</h2>
<p>The Silver Award is awarded to those paying at least 95% of all invoices within 60 days, including at least 95% of invoices to small businesses within 30 days.</p>
<p><em>(In all honesty we pay <strong>all</strong> our invoices well within the 30 days however the gold award required us to have certain types of contracts with our suppliers that we just don&#8217;t have.)</em></p>
<p>We think this is a brilliant initiative, especially for small businesses like ourselves where cash flow is one of the most important aspects of keeping a company going. Supporting strategies like this are a core principle of <a href="https://www.dogsbody.com/about-us/">our company ethos</a>.</p>
<p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="aligncenter wp-image-152309 size-medium" src="https://www.dogsbody.com/wp-content/uploads/FCP_Silver_2_2026_RGB-300x72.png" alt="Fair Payment Code Silver Logo" width="300" height="72" srcset="https://www.dogsbody.com/wp-content/uploads/FCP_Silver_2_2026_RGB-300x72.png 300w, https://www.dogsbody.com/wp-content/uploads/FCP_Silver_2_2026_RGB-1030x247.png 1030w, https://www.dogsbody.com/wp-content/uploads/FCP_Silver_2_2026_RGB-768x184.png 768w, https://www.dogsbody.com/wp-content/uploads/FCP_Silver_2_2026_RGB-1536x368.png 1536w, https://www.dogsbody.com/wp-content/uploads/FCP_Silver_2_2026_RGB-2048x491.png 2048w, https://www.dogsbody.com/wp-content/uploads/FCP_Silver_2_2026_RGB-1500x359.png 1500w, https://www.dogsbody.com/wp-content/uploads/FCP_Silver_2_2026_RGB-705x169.png 705w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></p>
<h3>What is the Fair Payment Code?</h3>
<p>The <a href="https://www.smallbusinesscommissioner.gov.uk/fpc/">Fair Payment Code</a> is a Government-backed range of Awards that reward businesses for adopting fair payment practices for their suppliers, particularly with small (under 50 employees) suppliers in mind. It is hoping to support businesses to improve their payment practices.</p>
<p>The Fair Payment Code Awards are open to any, non public sector, business and organisations of any size as long as they can provide evidence that they are meeting the Code’s requirements and complying with its principles. The only criteria is that you must have a a UK registered office.</p>
<p>Fair Payment Code Awards are for two years, and every business will need to reapply for their award at the end of each two-year period. Applications are open from September-December each year and are awarded for the following two calendar years.</p>
<h3>The Fair Payment Code Principles</h3>
<p><strong>Be Clear</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Establish clear and fair payment terms, ensuring their suppliers understand the payment terms laid out in their contracts.</li>
<li>Agree payment terms with suppliers and put them in writing, before work begins, presented in clear unamended plain English contracts.</li>
<li>Ensure they communicate promptly with suppliers where payment may be delayed or outside of agreed terms.</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Be Fair</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Always endeavour to pay suppliers a) within the terms of the Code and b) in a reasonable, mutually negotiated and agreed timeframe, avoiding delays wherever possible.</li>
<li>Where delayed payment of invoices causes damage to a supplier’s business, signatories will accept consequences such as automatically applied late payment interest and compensation as detailed in</li>
<li>The Late Payment of Commercial Debts Act 1998.</li>
<li>Aim to avoid disputes and where these can’t be avoided pay undisputed portions of invoices within terms and resolve the disputed portions within the agreed timeframe.</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Be Collaborative</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Proactively work to avoid conflict and to facilitate early resolution of potential disputes.</li>
<li>Recognise the importance of embedding conflict avoidance mechanisms in contract management and projects.</li>
<li>Work to share best practice, encourage, and promote fair payment across your industry or more generally.</li>
</ul>
<p>We encourage more businesses to sign up and help small businesses grow.</p>
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		<title>2024 Christmas Shutdown</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Claire Christmas]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Dec 2024 11:07:34 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>2024 has been a great year for Dogsbody Technology and we are taking some well earned time off by closing our office for the festive period… Our Christmas 2024 hours are: Tues 24 Dec 2024 – Office closed after 13:00. Wed 25 Dec 2024 – Public Holiday. Thurs 26 Dec 2024 – Public Holiday. Fri [&#8230;]<img src="https://analytics.dogsbody.com/piwik.php?idsite=1&amp;rec=1&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dogsbody.com%2Fblog%2F2024-christmas-shutdown%2F%3Fpk_campaign%3Dfeed%26pk_kwd%3D2024-christmas-shutdown&amp;action_name=2024%20Christmas%20Shutdown&amp;urlref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dogsbody.com%2Ffeed%2F" style="border:0;width:0;height:0" width="0" height="0" alt="" /></p>
<p>The post <a href="https://www.dogsbody.com/blog/2024-christmas-shutdown/?pk_campaign=feed&#038;pk_kwd=2024-christmas-shutdown">2024 Christmas Shutdown</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.dogsbody.com">Dogsbody Technology</a>.</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>2024 has been a great year for Dogsbody Technology and we are taking some well earned time off by closing our office for the festive period…</p>
<h3>Our Christmas 2024 hours are:</h3>
<ul>
<li>Tues 24 Dec 2024 – Office closed after 13:00.</li>
<li>Wed 25 Dec 2024 – Public Holiday.</li>
<li>Thurs 26 Dec 2024 – Public Holiday.</li>
<li>Fri 27 Dec 2024 – Office Closed.</li>
<li>Mon 30 Dec 2024 – Office Closed.</li>
<li>Tues 31 Dec 2024 – Office Closed.</li>
<li>Wed 01 Jan 2025 – Public Holiday.</li>
</ul>
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<p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignleft wp-image-21057 size-thumbnail" title="Support" src="https://www.dogsbody.com/wp-content/uploads/call-3613071_640-80x80.png" alt="Person on phone via headset" width="80" height="80" srcset="https://www.dogsbody.com/wp-content/uploads/call-3613071_640-80x80.png 80w, https://www.dogsbody.com/wp-content/uploads/call-3613071_640-300x300.png 300w, https://www.dogsbody.com/wp-content/uploads/call-3613071_640-36x36.png 36w, https://www.dogsbody.com/wp-content/uploads/call-3613071_640-180x180.png 180w, https://www.dogsbody.com/wp-content/uploads/call-3613071_640.png 640w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 80px) 100vw, 80px" /></p>
<h3>Support</h3>
<p>During this time, response to emails maybe slower than usual and any issues will be dealt with on an emergency out of hours basis. We will only be supporting customers who are experiencing a situation where business cannot function without a resolution such as Website / Server down and inability to trade online.</p>
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<p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignleft wp-image-25296 size-thumbnail" title="Emergency issue" src="https://www.dogsbody.com/wp-content/uploads/survival-3580200_640-80x80.png" alt="Life saver ring" width="80" height="80" srcset="https://www.dogsbody.com/wp-content/uploads/survival-3580200_640-80x80.png 80w, https://www.dogsbody.com/wp-content/uploads/survival-3580200_640-300x300.png 300w, https://www.dogsbody.com/wp-content/uploads/survival-3580200_640-36x36.png 36w, https://www.dogsbody.com/wp-content/uploads/survival-3580200_640-180x180.png 180w, https://www.dogsbody.com/wp-content/uploads/survival-3580200_640.png 640w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 80px) 100vw, 80px" /></p>
<h3>Emergency issue</h3>
<p><a href="https://www.dogsbody.com/contact/">Contact us</a> as normal. All calls and support emails will be routed to our on call engineer who will prioritise work as required.</p>
<hr />
<p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignleft wp-image-25297 size-thumbnail" title="Maintenance customers" src="https://www.dogsbody.com/wp-content/uploads/call-center-3594408_640-80x80.png" alt="Women with headset and thumbs up" width="80" height="80" srcset="https://www.dogsbody.com/wp-content/uploads/call-center-3594408_640-80x80.png 80w, https://www.dogsbody.com/wp-content/uploads/call-center-3594408_640-300x300.png 300w, https://www.dogsbody.com/wp-content/uploads/call-center-3594408_640-36x36.png 36w, https://www.dogsbody.com/wp-content/uploads/call-center-3594408_640-180x180.png 180w, https://www.dogsbody.com/wp-content/uploads/call-center-3594408_640.png 640w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 80px) 100vw, 80px" /></p>
<h3>Maintenance customers</h3>
<p>Customers on our <a href="https://www.dogsbody.com/in-life-support/server-management-and-monitoring/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">maintenance plans</a> will not notice any difference. Systems and infrastructure will continue to be patched, maintained and monitored.</p>
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<p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignleft wp-image-25298 size-thumbnail" title="Hosting issues" src="https://www.dogsbody.com/wp-content/uploads/domain-3655918_640-80x80.png" alt="" width="80" height="80" srcset="https://www.dogsbody.com/wp-content/uploads/domain-3655918_640-80x80.png 80w, https://www.dogsbody.com/wp-content/uploads/domain-3655918_640-300x300.png 300w, https://www.dogsbody.com/wp-content/uploads/domain-3655918_640-36x36.png 36w, https://www.dogsbody.com/wp-content/uploads/domain-3655918_640-180x180.png 180w, https://www.dogsbody.com/wp-content/uploads/domain-3655918_640.png 640w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 80px) 100vw, 80px" /></p>
<h3>Hosting issues</h3>
<p>Our <a href="https://status.dogsbody.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">status page</a> will advise of any known internal and hosting server issues. Please do check this page before raising any tickets as the chances are we are already aware.</p>
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<p><strong>Normal service will resume on Thursday 02 January 2025.</strong></p>
<h2 style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #000000;">We hope you a Merry Christmas and a Happy 2025</span></h2>
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		<title>Dogsbody Technology Charity Donations 2024</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Claire Christmas]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Dec 2024 16:51:52 +0000</pubDate>
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<p>The post <a href="https://www.dogsbody.com/blog/dogsbody-technology-charity-donations-2024/?pk_campaign=feed&#038;pk_kwd=dogsbody-technology-charity-donations-2024">Dogsbody Technology Charity Donations 2024</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.dogsbody.com">Dogsbody Technology</a>.</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<section  class='av_textblock_section av-m4bht8ar-6639d6dddd766f74924edce9c1186be9 '   itemscope="itemscope" itemtype="https://schema.org/BlogPosting" itemprop="blogPost" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop="text" ><p>Every year Dogsbody Technology donate a percentage of our profits to good causes.</p>
<p>For the last four years we have let our staff pick the charities that are important to them. We are honoured to support their chosen causes&#8230;</p>
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<section class="avia-testimonial-row"><div class='avia-testimonial av-kwnoix4m-f4ab7812132ce0daad7d89c9d0fde39d avia-testimonial-row-1 avia-first-testimonial flex_column no_margin av_one_full'><div class='avia-testimonial_inner'  itemscope="itemscope" itemtype="https://schema.org/BlogPosting" itemprop="blogPost" ><div class='avia-testimonial-image'  itemprop="image" ><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="180" height="180" src="https://www.dogsbody.com/wp-content/uploads/Mark-180x180.jpeg" class="attachment-square size-square" alt="" srcset="https://www.dogsbody.com/wp-content/uploads/Mark-180x180.jpeg 180w, https://www.dogsbody.com/wp-content/uploads/Mark-300x300.jpeg 300w, https://www.dogsbody.com/wp-content/uploads/Mark-80x80.jpeg 80w, https://www.dogsbody.com/wp-content/uploads/Mark-36x36.jpeg 36w, https://www.dogsbody.com/wp-content/uploads/Mark.jpeg 512w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 180px) 100vw, 180px" /></div><div class='avia-testimonial-content '><div class='avia-testimonial-markup-entry-content'  itemprop="text" ><p><strong>Mark</strong> <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignright wp-image-149028" title="The Starburst Foundation Logo" src="https://www.dogsbody.com/wp-content/uploads/326495726_1194774251399054_948030496236982528_n-300x300.jpg" alt="" width="150" height="150" srcset="https://www.dogsbody.com/wp-content/uploads/326495726_1194774251399054_948030496236982528_n-300x300.jpg 300w, https://www.dogsbody.com/wp-content/uploads/326495726_1194774251399054_948030496236982528_n-80x80.jpg 80w, https://www.dogsbody.com/wp-content/uploads/326495726_1194774251399054_948030496236982528_n-768x769.jpg 768w, https://www.dogsbody.com/wp-content/uploads/326495726_1194774251399054_948030496236982528_n-36x36.jpg 36w, https://www.dogsbody.com/wp-content/uploads/326495726_1194774251399054_948030496236982528_n-180x180.jpg 180w, https://www.dogsbody.com/wp-content/uploads/326495726_1194774251399054_948030496236982528_n-705x705.jpg 705w, https://www.dogsbody.com/wp-content/uploads/326495726_1194774251399054_948030496236982528_n.jpg 959w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px" /></p>
<p>Starburst helps local children with special needs, disabilities and life limiting conditions by funding equipment (often specialist or bespoke) to help them achieve their full potential day-to-day.</p>
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<section class="avia-testimonial-row"><div class='avia-testimonial av-pexo7c-7815da507211fdc6acd01295a4b0d27d avia-testimonial-row-2 avia-first-testimonial flex_column no_margin av_one_full'><div class='avia-testimonial_inner'  itemscope="itemscope" itemtype="https://schema.org/BlogPosting" itemprop="blogPost" ><div class='avia-testimonial-image'  itemprop="image" ><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="180" height="180" src="https://www.dogsbody.com/wp-content/uploads/2011.02.09-josh-archer-profile-0003-mirror-square-180x180.jpg" class="attachment-square size-square" alt="" srcset="https://www.dogsbody.com/wp-content/uploads/2011.02.09-josh-archer-profile-0003-mirror-square-180x180.jpg 180w, https://www.dogsbody.com/wp-content/uploads/2011.02.09-josh-archer-profile-0003-mirror-square-300x300.jpg 300w, https://www.dogsbody.com/wp-content/uploads/2011.02.09-josh-archer-profile-0003-mirror-square-1030x1030.jpg 1030w, https://www.dogsbody.com/wp-content/uploads/2011.02.09-josh-archer-profile-0003-mirror-square-80x80.jpg 80w, https://www.dogsbody.com/wp-content/uploads/2011.02.09-josh-archer-profile-0003-mirror-square-768x768.jpg 768w, https://www.dogsbody.com/wp-content/uploads/2011.02.09-josh-archer-profile-0003-mirror-square-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https://www.dogsbody.com/wp-content/uploads/2011.02.09-josh-archer-profile-0003-mirror-square-2048x2048.jpg 2048w, https://www.dogsbody.com/wp-content/uploads/2011.02.09-josh-archer-profile-0003-mirror-square-36x36.jpg 36w, https://www.dogsbody.com/wp-content/uploads/2011.02.09-josh-archer-profile-0003-mirror-square-1500x1500.jpg 1500w, https://www.dogsbody.com/wp-content/uploads/2011.02.09-josh-archer-profile-0003-mirror-square-705x705.jpg 705w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 180px) 100vw, 180px" /></div><div class='avia-testimonial-content '><div class='avia-testimonial-markup-entry-content'  itemprop="text" ><p><strong>Josh</strong> <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignright wp-image-149031" title="Dads House Logo" src="https://www.dogsbody.com/wp-content/uploads/dadshouse_logo.jpeg" alt="" width="150" height="150" srcset="https://www.dogsbody.com/wp-content/uploads/dadshouse_logo.jpeg 200w, https://www.dogsbody.com/wp-content/uploads/dadshouse_logo-80x80.jpeg 80w, https://www.dogsbody.com/wp-content/uploads/dadshouse_logo-36x36.jpeg 36w, https://www.dogsbody.com/wp-content/uploads/dadshouse_logo-180x180.jpeg 180w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px" /></p>
<p>Dads House is doing the absolutely vital but often unseen work of ensuring that what&#8217;s best for the children of divorced parents are kept front and centre in any parental arrangements. As the primary care giver to my two girls and a &#8216;stay at home dad&#8217; of 10 years, I have lived the reality of sacrifice and joy that such a role brings. I know full well the importance of the fathers role in the upbringing of the children and fully support the amazing offering Dads House brings to this underserved area of need.</p>
</div></div><div class="avia-testimonial-meta"><div class="avia-testimonial-arrow-wrap"><div class="avia-arrow"></div></div><div class='avia-testimonial-meta-mini'  itemprop="author" itemscope="itemscope" itemtype="https://schema.org/Person" ><span class='hidden avia-testimonial-markup-link'  itemprop="url" >https://www.dadshouse.org.uk/</span><a class='avia-testimonial-link' href='https://www.dadshouse.org.uk/' target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://www.dadshouse.org.uk/</a></div></div></div></div></section>
<section class="avia-testimonial-row"><div class='avia-testimonial av-pexo7c-1-1-a25da8e5a847513161ff5a2f62455be3 avia-testimonial-row-3 avia-first-testimonial flex_column no_margin av_one_full'><div class='avia-testimonial_inner'  itemscope="itemscope" itemtype="https://schema.org/BlogPosting" itemprop="blogPost" ><div class='avia-testimonial-image'  itemprop="image" ><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="180" height="180" src="https://www.dogsbody.com/wp-content/uploads/DOGSBODY_249-180x180.jpg" class="attachment-square size-square" alt="" srcset="https://www.dogsbody.com/wp-content/uploads/DOGSBODY_249-180x180.jpg 180w, https://www.dogsbody.com/wp-content/uploads/DOGSBODY_249-300x300.jpg 300w, https://www.dogsbody.com/wp-content/uploads/DOGSBODY_249-1030x1030.jpg 1030w, https://www.dogsbody.com/wp-content/uploads/DOGSBODY_249-80x80.jpg 80w, https://www.dogsbody.com/wp-content/uploads/DOGSBODY_249-768x768.jpg 768w, https://www.dogsbody.com/wp-content/uploads/DOGSBODY_249-36x36.jpg 36w, https://www.dogsbody.com/wp-content/uploads/DOGSBODY_249-705x705.jpg 705w, https://www.dogsbody.com/wp-content/uploads/DOGSBODY_249.jpg 1040w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 180px) 100vw, 180px" /></div><div class='avia-testimonial-content '><div class='avia-testimonial-markup-entry-content'  itemprop="text" ><p><strong>Claire</strong> <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignright wp-image-149036" title="Phyllis Tuckwell Hospice Care Logo" src="https://www.dogsbody.com/wp-content/uploads/logo-300x66.png" alt="" width="200" height="44" srcset="https://www.dogsbody.com/wp-content/uploads/logo-300x66.png 300w, https://www.dogsbody.com/wp-content/uploads/logo.png 540w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px" /></p>
<p>Phyllis Tuckwell has always held a special place in my heart. I know so many local people who have been supported by them over the years.</p>
<p>Phyllis Tuckwell is the only Hospice Care service for adult patients, and their families, living with cancer or another terminal illness (such as heart, lung or neurological disease) across the whole of West Surrey and part of North East Hampshire. They are currently raising funds for a new hospice to caters for the ever growing need for their services.</p>
</div></div><div class="avia-testimonial-meta"><div class="avia-testimonial-arrow-wrap"><div class="avia-arrow"></div></div><div class='avia-testimonial-meta-mini'  itemprop="author" itemscope="itemscope" itemtype="https://schema.org/Person" ><span class='hidden avia-testimonial-markup-link'  itemprop="url" >https://www.pth.org.uk/about/where-to-find-us/building-a-new-hospice/</span><a class='avia-testimonial-link' href='https://www.pth.org.uk/about/where-to-find-us/building-a-new-hospice/' target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://www.pth.org.uk/about/where-to-find-us/building-a-new-hospice/</a></div></div></div></div></section>
<section class="avia-testimonial-row"><div class='avia-testimonial av-pexo7c-1-1-1-41716ca1a80a06d161e8d76487dc8125 avia-testimonial-row-4 avia-first-testimonial flex_column no_margin av_one_full'><div class='avia-testimonial_inner'  itemscope="itemscope" itemtype="https://schema.org/BlogPosting" itemprop="blogPost" ><div class='avia-testimonial-image'  itemprop="image" ><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="180" height="180" src="https://www.dogsbody.com/wp-content/uploads/DOGSBODY_143-180x180.jpg" class="attachment-square size-square" alt="" srcset="https://www.dogsbody.com/wp-content/uploads/DOGSBODY_143-180x180.jpg 180w, https://www.dogsbody.com/wp-content/uploads/DOGSBODY_143-80x80.jpg 80w, https://www.dogsbody.com/wp-content/uploads/DOGSBODY_143-36x36.jpg 36w, https://www.dogsbody.com/wp-content/uploads/DOGSBODY_143.jpg 300w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 180px) 100vw, 180px" /></div><div class='avia-testimonial-content '><div class='avia-testimonial-markup-entry-content'  itemprop="text" ><p><strong>Dan</strong> <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignright wp-image-149033" title="Andys Man Club Logo" src="https://www.dogsbody.com/wp-content/uploads/387879076_727931342708586_7009433566915350931_n-300x300.jpg" alt="" width="150" height="150" srcset="https://www.dogsbody.com/wp-content/uploads/387879076_727931342708586_7009433566915350931_n-300x300.jpg 300w, https://www.dogsbody.com/wp-content/uploads/387879076_727931342708586_7009433566915350931_n-80x80.jpg 80w, https://www.dogsbody.com/wp-content/uploads/387879076_727931342708586_7009433566915350931_n-768x766.jpg 768w, https://www.dogsbody.com/wp-content/uploads/387879076_727931342708586_7009433566915350931_n-36x36.jpg 36w, https://www.dogsbody.com/wp-content/uploads/387879076_727931342708586_7009433566915350931_n-180x180.jpg 180w, https://www.dogsbody.com/wp-content/uploads/387879076_727931342708586_7009433566915350931_n-705x705.jpg 705w, https://www.dogsbody.com/wp-content/uploads/387879076_727931342708586_7009433566915350931_n.jpg 960w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px" /></p>
<p>It surprises me that even in this new age we still see a stigma regarding mental health. This is borne out in the suicide rates continuing to increase year on year. Males aged 45-49 years have now overtaken the Males under 40 as having the the highest suicide rate. Males are still 5 times more likely to take their life than Females.</p>
<p>Andys Man Club want to eliminate the stigma surrounding mental health to create a judgment-free, confidential space where men can be open about the storms in their lives. They achieve this through weekly, free-to-attend peer-to-peer support groups for men aged over 18.</p>
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<p><strong>Company Choice</strong></p>
<p>This year we wanted to add another charity that is close to our hearts; we are also proud to support Get with the Program and sponsor another <a href="https://www.dogsbody.com/blog/supporting-coding-adventures-in-schools/">coding adventure in a local schools</a>. They do such an amazing job at introducing children to coding and logic. We&#8217;d also encourage you to contact your local school to see if they would be interested in this for their students!</p>
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<p><strong>WISHING EVERYONE A HAPPY WINTER, CHRISTMAS, HANUKKAH, KWANZAA AND A GREAT 2025</strong></p>
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